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Pair: Ship’s Steward T. Bunker, Royal Navy
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (T. Bunker, Sh. Std: H.M.S. Doris); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Thos. Bunker. Sh. Stewd. 2nd Cl. H.M.S. Urgent.) impressed naming, mounted on card for display, generally good very fine (2) £160-£200
Thomas Bunker was born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, in February 1859. He joined the Royal Navy as Ship’s Steward’s Boy in February 1877, and advanced to Ship’s Steward in July 1889. Service included in H.M. Ships Urgent, from November 1886 to January 1889, and Doris, from January 1899 to May 1901. Bunker was discharged to pension in July 1904.
Sold with copied service papers.
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